Saturday, December 26, 2015

“. . . no one seems to know what just happened [decision of Supreme
Court on same sex marriage in June 2015]. This wasn’t the legalization
of a behavior—for the legal barriers to homosexual conduct were torn
down decades ago. The rights to cohabitate, to share insurance benefits,
tax status, and even call each other spouse—without discrimination—are
hard fought gains that were achieved before last Friday. A new right has
not been created, rather the Constitutional right for the rest of us to
think and speak our minds, and to hold our own counsel has been
severely curtailed. The right to do something impossible can’t be
achieved, not by any court, only the right to demand everyone else be
supportive of this masked ball, with legal penalties for refusing to
join the dance. We’ve only lost the right to object.”

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. . Christians shouting the word “sin” at something out there have
failed to use this most powerful weapon we have by the Holy Spirit to
counter forces beyond our human skill or strength. When an obstacle is
too high, too strong, too wide for you to go over it, it is best to
adopt humility and go under it. If language against a sin that’s been
called a blessing can only draw fire and fill you full of verbal bullet
holes, then use the stance that saints have long used in more trying
circumstances and under worse governments: the language of humility.
When saying, “You are sinners!” just won’t do—and I think this is one of
those times—then freely speak the truth and say, “We are sinners and
have failed God, but we’ve been found by Him and are happy to be new
creatures in Christ.” Humility: Queen of Virtues